How I Glaze and Tidy up my Pots, Ready for Firing in the Kiln

Glazing is a huge part of making my pots. It's often a slightly long, monotonous task, and one where I need to be extraordinarily careful, as making sure the vessels are neat and tidy at this stage makes all the difference later on. I discuss how I glaze pots and sponge them clean, how I approach different shapes and how I generally keep things shipshape, my studio tidy and how to work without creating (much) mess.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:25 - Unpacking the electric kiln
1:07 - Waxing the pots
1:36 - Mixing and glazing pots
4:20 - Scraping excess glaze back into the bucket
7:52 - Cleaning up a glazed vase
11:02 - Cleaning up a glazed bowl
14:24 - Cleaning up glazed mugs
16:54 - Separate sponges
17:35 - Recycling glaze
18:11 - Using the wheel to sponge clean pots

Thanks as always for watching!
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[pay]

I recently experienced my first pottery class, i never could have imagined how much effort it takes to make a simple pot. My admiration for your work has increased tenfold!

[goginiku]

glazing in pottery is really my favorite thing to watch haha. the drastic color change after firing is so amazing to see.

[brigiddes]

I am learning so much from your videos Florian. You are a fabulous teacher and explain so well. Thank you.

[maxinejudge]

Thank you for a very relaxed but comprehensive tutorial. I will endeavour to be more mindful when completing my pieces.🙂

[sarahjarden]

Thank you for this insight into glazing and the meticulous detail for finishing each piece to give the very best effect. I glaze my first thrown pots tomorrow....I'll try to remember at least some of the tips you've given. Very inspirational for me to try and be as tidy as possible!

[Sam-rplo]

This video was lovely!! I’m a new pottery, just as a hobby, but glazing is far and away my favorite part of the process because it really brings everything together and can be so transformative.

How do you decide which form gets which glaze? And what’s your approach to only using about 3 glazes overall, and always doing one solid application for each form?
I’m fascinated by the beautiful minimalistic methodology with which you approach your work!

[xbaczewska]

Great video. Am in a class where we don't dip, so brush application only. I use a 1 inch hake brush for most. Would so like to be able to dip & clean up as you do. Loved seeing all your steps in the order you approach them. What a large body of work! Best of luck with your sale. I am not even gonna try this time, as last time, against all strategies, i was shut out in seconds. Happy you are successful!

[Alex_Z]

can’t wait to see all the larger things out of the kiln!!!

[AnnaYV]

You have absolutely exquisite standards that I hope to keep in my own pottery. I love watching your processes, it’s so relaxing! The carving is my favourite 🙈 Thankyou for all the hard work you do to make these videos ☺️

[maralenenok]

Loved this video! It might be too technical for this channel, but I'd love to see a video about reclaiming your glaze water someday - as in, how do you ensure you have the right ratio of glaze particles to water. Do you measure the specific gravity, weigh your glaze reclaim, something else? I'm so curious. Anyway, thanks for all your work - I'm definitely a better potter for your videos.

[edwardshaw]

I was struggling with this in pottery class last week and this is precisely the information I needed. Thank you.

[ArhmtPlaylist]

This is great. Thanks so much! I love how organized you are.

[tinderbox]

14:16 Always makes me nervous when you start carrying the laden shelves around 😬😳

[ThatOneWeirdGal]

I paint mine with a paint brush. I don't have a shop so I make maybe 5 pots a month with hand-building. I feel that it looks really clean that way.

[juanQuedo]

there are quite a good amount of interesting looking glazes on that pile of test tiles

[emmaprophet]

Thank you for an excellent video explaining the process

[marktaylor]

that was awesome. have you been getting all this rain where you are Florian? it's been biblical here.

[BrenzerM]

They are so beautiful! I bet your guests were over the moon! I wish I'd been a Potter when I got married. Can I ask if you have a recipe for the beautiful Jade glaze if you don't mind sharing? I understand if not 😊 Thank you ❤😂

[abharathod]

Can we see the dog??? I can spot it at 1:45

[goldpilot]

Florian what type of music do you listen to whilst going through the long process of cleaning up and tidying? Thank you for another premium educational, satisfying video.